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<A NAME="BABCACBD"></A><h1>Modifying Script view properties</h1>
<A NAME="TI1915"></A><p>The Script view automatically:</p>
<A NAME="TI1916"></A><p><A NAME="TI1917"></A>
<ul>
<li class=fi>Color-codes scripts
to identify datatypes, system-level functions, flow-of-control
statements, comments, and literals</li>
<li class=ds>Indents the script based on flow-of-control statements
</li>
</ul>
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<A NAME="TI1918"></A><p>You can modify these and other properties.</p>
<p><img src="images/note.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Note"> <span class=shaded>Some properties are shared</span> <A NAME="TI1919"></A>Some properties you specify for the Script view also affect
the file editor, Source editor, Debugger, and the Interactive <ACRONYM title = "sequel" >SQL</ACRONYM> and Activity Log views in the
Database painter.</p>
<A NAME="TI1920"></A><p><img src="images/proc.gif" width=17 height=17 border=0 align="bottom" alt="Steps"> To specify Script view properties:</p>
<ol><li class=fi><p>Select Design&gt;Options to display
the Options dialog box for the painter.</p><p>The Options dialog box includes four tab pages that affect
the Script view: Script, Font, Coloring, and AutoScript.</p></li>
<li class=ds><p>Choose the tab appropriate to the property you
want to specify:</p><A NAME="TI1921"></A><table cellspacing=0 cellpadding=6 border=1 frame="void" rules="all"><tr><th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1922"></A>To specify</th>
<th  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1923"></A>Choose this tab</th>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1924"></A>Tab size, automatic indenting, whether
dashes are allowed in identifiers, and which compiler and database messages
display</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1925"></A>Script</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1926"></A>Font family, size, and color for the
Script view</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1927"></A>Font</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1928"></A>Text and background coloring for PowerScript
syntax elements</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1929"></A>Coloring</td>
</tr>
<tr><td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1930"></A>Whether AutoScript is enabled and what
kind of assistance it provides</td>
<td  rowspan="1"  ><A NAME="TI1931"></A>AutoScript</td>
</tr>
</table>
</li></ol>
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